Dr. Sharon Gill
Professor, Biological Sciences
Fellow, American Ornithological Society (AOS)
Research interests: animal communication, bird song, soundscape ecology, science communication and outreach, STEAM
sharon.gill at wmich.edu
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Karla Kelly
PhD Student
Karla's research focusses on the evolution of referential signaling in birds. For her MS, she studied yellow warblers, which give seet calls to brood parasitic cowbirds. Karla explored whether seet calls alter patterns of nest vigilance in the future, specifically around dawn when cowbirds lay their eggs in warbler nests.
Katie Maurer
B.S. Biology (WMU)
Research assistant
Keke Ray
MS student
Keke studies combinatorial communication, investigating the ways in which male red-winged blackbirds combine notes to communicate meaning about threats to reproductive success.
Lauren Vroman
PhD student
Wren joined the Sound Ecology lab in Fall 2023 to explore the intersection of art and science in the study of soundscapes.
Recent lab alum
Joanna Sblendorio, Ph.D.
My research explores acoustic niche partitioning within and among bird communities. I am interested in how temperate warbler communities partition acoustic space, and whether partitioning patterns vary depending on biotic and abiotic constraints, including community composition and anthropogenic noise. Joanna is a Visiting Assistant Professor at Albion College.
Andrea Bierema, Specialist Teacher, Michigan State University
Eric Branch, Michigan Natural Features Inventory
Eliza Foli, Environmental educator, Green City Growers, MA
Josephine Gingerich, The Climate Reality Project, PA
Erin Grabarczyk, Assistant professor, Valdosta State University, GA
Amy Janik, The National Great Rivers Research and Education Center, IL
Jacob Job, Post-doc at Colorado State University
Annie Lilac, MS, Edinburgh Napier University, Scotland
Parks Marion, East Lansing, Michigan
Katie Mulka, Assistant professor, University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine
Monique Pipkin, Doctoral student, Cornell University
Mercy Oyugi, Food and Drug Administration, Washington D.C.
Carley Stuart, Physicians' Assistant, Portage, MI